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head, and' I begged her to desist, but she would not. She then wanted to take out her curl papers, and I told her she had better let me do it; upon which she knelt down, and after. wards seized hold of my cap, and slapped me in the face. I then fetched the strait-waistcoat, and told her that I thought she was not well, and she had better have it on. Sho lnesed angrily at me, and attempted to strike me again, (Ind I called for assistance, and Mrs. Cox came, and Lady Seymour en deavoured to strike her. I got between them, and catight the blow ; and we succeeded in placing Lady Sembur under restraint. Mr. LAW—Has Lady Seymour accounted for her silence on the occasions you have spoken of?—Yes, she has said that she did herself a great deal of injury by talking when she first came to Norman House, and that she knew she had said a great deal of nonsense. Tea the gentlemen of the Jury how long it is since she has spolien?—From Saturday morning last. How does she employ her time ?—Sometimes she reads, and .she has also been knitting a purse. She has not written any. thing for several months. She also walks in the garden; but she does not point out any of the flowers, or speak of any of the surrounding objects. Are her manners those of a gentlewoman in her station of life ; I mean as to propriety and cleanliness ?—No, they are not. Mr. LAW could lay before the Jur y some strong evidence on this point ; h ilt, for the sake of the lady's friends, he should leave any question upon it at the option of the Jury. By Mr. I riALswELL—Lady Seymour has taken her food willingly since Saturday evening last. I think as far as I am able tr, judge that uncleanliness and silence indicate unsound nesr of mind. By Commissioner BLUNT—After her last examination she told me all that had taken place, and said she thought she had done it well. She said one of the Commissioners asked her What money she would require to support herself, and she at first thought she would say 2,000/., but that would have ap peared wrong, as she had not got so much. She afterwards was going to answer 200/. or 300/. per year, but on reflection she thought it was better to say tint she should regulate her expenses according to her income. Daniel Prince, Esq., exa.•.nined—l reside at Hendon, and have known Lady Seym• J ur twenty-five years. I saw her on the 15th, 18th, and 2 1 ,tn of this month, but could not induce her to speak to On the 15th, with a view to draw her into conversatio-,, I asked her if she would like to see Mrs. Prince, and nodded. I asked her on Monday, Tuesday, or Wedne , :day, and she nodded assent to the latter day. I took M- s . Prince to see her, when both the ladies cried very meet., and my wife was much affected, having been on terms OE 'lntimate friendship with Lady Seymour. The documents - produced are in Lady Seymour's hand-writing. The follow ing were here handed in : In March last Lady Seymour wrote the following docu ment for her will, and delivered it to her brother, Sir Henry Thomas Oaks : " I, Sarah Lydia Seymour, do leave all my clothes, books, goods, and chattels in my possession, &c. to William Henry Seymour, the son of' myself and Wm. Seymour (my true and lawful wedded husband) to be preserved by him for his use and that of his future wife, to whom I pray and trust he may he well and lawkily married on the 14th of December, 1854, with the biassing of God and Jesus Christ, Amen, wishing him to m,ke Juggerhautjee Smekerselijee his residuary lega tee, an . 4 to give him as a token of my kind remembrance a gold pencil case, given to me after my marriage by my bus the said Willi am S eymour , w i t h the request that he will skep it as a gift from me. On the seal is engraved an Arabic word, explained to me by my husband—the stone is hl-od stone, and I request that he will be so kind as to afford Wil liam Henry Seymour a tomb on board his Island of Bombay, the expenses of which can be paid out of the residue of my son's fortune ; and that he will be present at the ceremonials of my son's morning wedding, and that my carcase may be interred, in a neat coffin, in Mitcham churchyard, consecrated next in Godstone rectory drawing room, thence carried to sweet Godstone Church on the hill, the pall being held by Arthur Hoare, C. D. Hoare, Sir J. D. Acland, Bart., Sam. Hoare (the three sons and brother-in-law of the Rev. Charles James bare), and after being left in Godstone Church a suf fiei ant time, in the presence of the Rev. Charles James Hoare P.nd Count Albert Esterhazy of Austria, I wish it to be emptied of its contents, and thrown naked into the channel at Exmouth, Devonshire. " SARAH LYDIA SEYMOUR. " I appoint my brother, George William Oaks, and Arthur James Lewis, barrister-at-law, my executors, if they will have the kindness to act ; but I request that they will be kind to my dear son, William Henry Seymour, giving him plenty to eat, drink, and enjoy, with abundance of warm raiment, and may every blessing attend him through Christ,—Monday, March 5, 1838." A letter, addressed by Lady Seymour to Messrs. Hoare, the envelope of which is dated March 14, 1838, was also put in and read. On the inside of the envelope, which contained a piece of red worsted, is written thus : " Three witnesses to my sealing besides myself. One has just vanished, and there are only two. " The inclosed is a secret (between ourselves). Mrs. Tal fourd is come in, and the other has returned, so perhaps there may be four—the outside will prove." On the outside of the envelope is written as follows : " Sealed in the presence of Mrs. Talfourd, of a lady's maid belonging to her establishment, by one Sarah Lydia, and directed by the same hand, and in the presence of the same witnesses." The Jury here desired to see Lady Seymour, and the Com missioners accordiugly gave directions for her to be brought in. In a few minutes Lady Seymour was introduced by Capt. Oaks and Mr. Greenwood, the surgeon, and was re quested to be seated by the Commissioners. She wss dressed in a white muslin gown, a lavender silk shawl, and a similar coloured silk bonnet. Her appearance was very different from what it was on the former occasion. Her face appeared to be much swollen, as if she had been crying, and she seemed much alarmed, and in place of the mild and sympathetic cast of countenance which distinguished her before, there was a vacancy in her look and wildness in her manner. Cominissioner WINsLow (to Lady Seymour)—How have you been, Lady Seymour, since we last saw you? The un fortunate lady bit her lips and remained mute. Mr. WiNsLow—Do you recollect having met us before, Lady Seymour ? No answer. Mr. WINSLOW—Do you not remember our last meeting, Lady Seymour ? Dont you be alarmed. Here Lady Sey mour burst into tears, and the windows of the room were thrown open, and a glass of water brought for her. At the suggestion of Mr. Thisselton, a juror, the persons connected with Norman House were desired to leave the room. Mr. WiNsLow (to Lady Se} mour)—Don't distress your self, but have the kindness to answer the questions I wish to put to you? - Lady Seymour refused to answer, and Mr. Winslow di rected that Mrs. Ramsden, her sister, should come in and oc cupy a seat next to her. Tile Commissioner's instructions were obeyed, and the scene was truly a heart-rending one, and called forth the most melancholy associations. Mr. WINSLOW, to Lady Seymour—Do you know Mrs. Ramsden, your sister ? Pray don't be alarmed—she is seated next to you. Mrs. hamsden here grasped her sister's hand in an affection ate manner, and urged her to speak to the Court, when Lady Seymour suddenly started up, and counted the whole of the persons present. She was then led out of the room. A Jtraort remarked that he knew that the public took a deep interest in the proceedings, and he begged therefore to sug gest that Dr. Munroe should be examined. Doctor Munroe, examined by Mr. Law.—l saw Lady Sey mour, for the first time, in the course of last summer. It was in August, at which time she betrayed the most decided symp toms of insanity, and was perfectly maniacal in her conduct. I visited her three different times within the last fortnight, and although her mind was in an improved state, yet she was still labouring under the malady. At the first visit, all he could say to induce her to speak was without effect ; she cried bit terly, made great lamentations, but was silent with respect to answering any questions. I then referred to her child, and asked her if she had heard from him lately, and she merely nodded. The silence she observed was a principal feature in the malady under which she laboured. Dr. Munroe had no hi•sitation in saying that Lady Seymour was perfectly incapable of managing either herself or her property. Mr. WINSLOW directed the jury to consider their verdict. At four o'clock Sir James Williams, the foreman, delivered the following verdict :—" That Dame Sarah Lydia Seymour is now a lunatic, and not sufficient to govern herself or her property, and that she has been so since the 17th of May. 1837 ; but the jury cannot agree as to whether she had a lucid interval or not on the 11th of July." Mr. WiNsLow could not receive that verdict; for, accor ding to the terms of the Commission, they must agree as to v►hether she has lucid intervals or not. Several of the jury said, " It is quite impossible." Mr. BLUNT—it is not necessary to state when the lucid in tervals were, and perhaps that will assist you. Sir J. WILLIAMS—But we only differ as to a 'lucid in terval. Mr. BLUNT—I think in that case it will be necessary. Juror—ls not this verdict sufficient for the Master ? Mr. WINSLOW—NO, it is not a sufficient return to the Com mission, and I am sure, gentlemen, you do not wish us to make a bad return, and invalidate the proceedings. Jury—Oh, no, no. The jury again retired, and in half an hour returned, " that Dame Sarah Lydia Seymour is now a lunatic, and not suffi cient to manage herself and her property, and has been so since the 12th July." The Commissioners were obliged also to reject this verdict, inasmuch as the date was subse q uent to the da te of the issuing of the Commission. The Jury retired for a third time, and at five o' c l oc k re turned and gave the following . verdict—" That Dame Sarah Lydia Seymour is now a lunatic, rnd incapable of managing herself and her property, and that she was so on the 17th of May, 1837, on the 10th and 12th of July, 1838, and on this day, the 25th of July, 1838." The Commissioners said this was also an informal verdict, and after some discussion, in the course . of which there ap peared to be no chance of the J ur y deciding upon Lady Sey mour's state of mind at the last examination, on the 11th of July, th e f o ll ow i ng ver dict was recorded at the suggestion of the Commissioners : " That Dame Sarah Lydia Seymour is now a lunatic, with out lucid intervals, and not sufficient to manage herself and her property; and that she was so a lunatic from the 17th of May, 1837, to the 10th of July, 1838, both days inclu sive, and also from the 12th d a y o f J u l y to the 25th day of July, 18 38 . The Jury unanimou s ly acce d e d to t h e pro - position, and they were then discharged. A young couple were to have bee❑ married at Mar noch on Saturday last ; but, melancholy to relate, the bridegroom died on the previous Friday, and the provisions, &c., prepared for his mar riage, were used at his funeral, which took place on the day appointed for the celebration of the nuptials.—Aberdeen Herald. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS 36SURANCE COMPANMS,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY k jtJLV 24. tlmber Dividend price of per - CANALS. per Shares. Anniiii+,, ?aid. Shire 1' 7ft 0 ' i cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/. it:N.Bh. I:3h 'v. ' •k' ....t*2 4/. Ashtiy-de-le.Zouch Average 11:....5h. 65 1,210 Basingstoke lOO/.,h. 5 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150,. sh. ;OC 8,000 1-16 sh. 91 6s. Birmingham, 1.16 th share 9;1. & 711. 2'20 .t 000 Ditto and Uverpool Junct...l o . sh. 100 pd 24} 600 :11. Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all pd 64 400 41. Chelmer and Blarkwater 100/* sh. 110 ...._. _ ...... ... 500 481. C wentry ICU sh. 745 4.545 C:oydon - Average 311.25.10 d. sh. :1 2,060.1 4/. Os. Dudley 600 14e. Derby 100/.5h. 133 2 0 .000 4 per cent. Danune and Mayne 4l/.135. 4d .pd 33 1 ,6 3,575; 11. Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. bk. 77 231 46!. Erewash lOW. sn. '7OO 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 4001.165. th. 570 11,600 12!. Grand Junct' -- lOOl. sh. '202 1,8494 11. Grand Union Ifo/.sh 25 1.500 Grand Surrey . 1(s1/.,1 20 120,0001. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Lean lO3l. '7O 3'726 Grand Western llOl. sh. allpe 600 13/.125. Sd. Glamorgansh ire, Average cost 1721. 13.1. 4:1. 230 749 101. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 57/. Os. 6d. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 25 'l2B 11. ss. Kennet ;nd Avon, Average:l9/.lBi. 10d. sh. 25;', 2,397 , 1 So!. Leeds and Liverpool 100 i. sh. 6144 5154 13/. Leicester l4O/. sh. 920 1,897 6.'. O. Leicester and Northarnpton...Aver '-'3/.los. 9.3 2.400 1 01. Monmouthshire 100/' sh • 200 .__ 150 10!. Melton Mowbray 100/ e h. 200 .0 - ii 25/1 Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh. 565 3,000 11. 105. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 17/. Neat h Mash. 325 2,100 5/. Peak Forest - ....... ... A vei “ge about 76/. sh. 104 1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. Ifq. Bd. sh. 16 5,669 6/. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 711 500 81. Shropshire 1t.51. sh. 138 800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/.5h. 151 i 3,6001. 4,.1 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 105. sh. 111 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. :80 300 91. Stcurbrldge 3.647 2/. Os. Stratford-on.Avoii-Average 791. 95. lA. sh. 40 533 15/. Swansea 1001. sh. 250 $,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Ar. 351. sh. 35 2.600i5n. 32/. 103. Trent and Mersey, i share 100/. sh. 580 6,149 Ililooss. 3h./ 161. Warwick a.ul Birmingham 100/ sh 281 ,0601 SAO 154. Warwick aud Napten lOO/. sh. 20 0 6,000 41. n 3. Worcester and Birmingham...A v.78/.B*. sh. 79! 5,000 255. Wilts an, Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Sd. sh. ~f .: 800 31. W yrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 120 Wishench . 105/. sh. 43 905 Jo. Wey and Arun 1101.311. 221 DOCKS. MOO & •'OO/ . A. 56 1 50 6 565 h } 3p. c Commercial 493,6671/. 6 per ct. East and West India Stock 107 3,2 ,310;1. 55i. p. ct. London Ditto Bonds lOl 2,20!) 2/. 19s. Bristol 68,224/. 5/. percent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,3.52,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 1M 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lO2 2 01 .'..000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO4 1.500 , „.. Deptford l'ie! .. _ BRIDGES. 1,000 Vs. Hammersmitl 5Ol. sh. 224 7,231 Southwark, Old 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7.1 r . cent. 5O/. sh. I.; 5,000 Waterloo 5,000 Igs. Sd. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si. OO/. pd 19 5,000 Ifs. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 171 141,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds ll5 5,918 17s Vauxhall Aylrace 701. 10s. 3d. eh. 23 ASSURANCIf COMPAN:ES. 2,000 31 lOs Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pi] 8 50,900 15 pe d 13s.r cent} Alliance,British& Foreign 1001. sh. loal. pd 11 1 . an 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/. pd 6 , '. 24,001) #1 per sh. Atlao 50/. oh. 5/. pd 14+ 1,200+0h. 5/. Birmingham 1 ire , 501. oh. 55/. pd 107+ 20,000 4/. percent. British Fire '2so/. sh. 50/. pd 411 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 91.1, sll. 5/. pd 5: 5,90 t) 5/. percent. Clerical, Medi .a!,&c. Lite, ICOI sh. 2/100 pd 4 4,000 '2l lOs County 1001 oh. 10/. pd 405 20,000 ss. Eagle , 01 sh. 51. pd 51 0 „, 15 per cent. 1 Economic •,,. 1000/. sh. 250/. pd 375 --' Land 301 b 5..% Li le 2,271 225. per cent. European Li. • 2O/. oh. all pd 22 20,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. '2l. pd I+ 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 143.4 . 20,000 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. 27+1 pd 311 10,000 6s. lid. Hope 501. ch. 51. pd 5 2,100 51. 7a. tid. Imperial Fire 5001. oh. 50/. pd 127 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd Pi -13,450 4/. per cent. Indemnity Ihrine Ica oh. 81. ~t 1 23 2,020 31 105 Kent Fire 5111. sh. all pd 82 31. Ditto Life 79 10,''00 (Cs. Law Life 100/. oh. 10/. pd 251 S non 10s. London, lira 25/ sh. 11.1. (to. pd 1 ,, 3,909 10s. Lander, Ship °si oh. 1 . 21. 10s. pd 19 4000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. :10,0 , 0 .o!. per cent. Palladium lit, 511/. sh. .21. pd 2l Ss 061 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fire ,-)( 2. sh. '2l. pd 17,. I .(1 g,500 11. Provident I.ne lOO/. sh. Iv/. pd 20 100,0)00 50. Rock Life 'Ol. oh. 1/. pd I 049,220/ 5/. per cent. Royal EXCiI-llge "to, k... 225+ 6,0410 5 per cent. University Lite 104)/. oh. 51. pd 34 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1(10/. sh. 51. pi] 7+ JOINT BOCK BANKS 25,000 S per cent. Agric. andComin. of Ireland 25/. sh. 101. pd 5.000 Australasia 19 . ,, , 09 10 percent. Bank of Bit mingham sl'l. sh. 10/. r.l 13 ° 0,000 10 per cent.. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 51 pd let 3),000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 2'4 69,000 51. London Joint Stock 5O/. sh. 101. pd 12 .i,OOO 4 per cent. Lancaster 1 00/. sh. 29/. pd 30 23,1100 Liverpool... 1001 eh. 10/. pd `..131 100,000 74 per cent Ma Distrii-it nchester and Liverpool] 50/. sh. 151 pd 21 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester. 100/. sh. 23/ pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 1001. oh. 25/. p 4 41 f 0, , CO National Bank of Ireland 5"l. sh 17+/. pd 16 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 33/. pd 3)- 19,000 .. Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 20 0 0,000 10 per rent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd ( I GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 11 E; 6d 13;AI; - 901. fh . 111. pd 21 5,099 ..... .... British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 211 5/ ,ercent. 5,000 •• Ditto Provincial and 14,. 56. 20/. sh. 19 d 2.21 0 2i 51 lOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. PA 1,250 21 Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. :16 1,500 3/ lOs Brighton 2O/. sh. 1.1 750 31 les Ditto, New 2O l. sh. I S I . pd 9 2,471 41 per cent. Briguton (ieneral 201. sh. all pd 17 1,000 41. Continental Consolidated 1 001. 6211. pd SO 1,600 101. City of London ................1201. eh. all pd 106 1,000 6/. Ditto, New 4 ono 41. Ps Equitable Ol. pd 504 . , 11,1 , 00 2i per cent. Imperial 800 5/. re( cent. Isle of Thalia ~i /. sh 2ll. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. Independent V/. sh. all pd 49 9,000 31. per cant. Phoenix 50/. sh. 391. pd 21,/ 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff. ... ... .- 1001. sh. SO!. pd 5S 4,0+:0 South Metropol itan 514. sh. 191, pd 17 6,200 51. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd 29: 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 5/. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 91,1 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 Its. Ditto New 5/1. eh. 10/. pd 9: 860 Yarmouth 20/. sh. IS/. pd 9 • WATER WORKS. 1,600 N. ihrmingham 25/. sh. 251. pd 21 1,154 61. East London lOO/. sh. IFO 5,5041 21 108 Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 54 2,000 21. Kent. 100/. sh. 43 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 31:6 1,500 2/ 10s New diver London Bridge Water Annuities 594 , 0086 1/ Iss Manchester and Salford lOOl. sh. 54 1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 87 8,21)4 4/. West Middlesex ....Average 631. Its. 9d. sh. 95 1,300 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby 4o'. pd 33; 9,5i10 Birmingham and Gloucester 15, , 00 Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 15 pd lii 660 Calcutta and Saugur 50/. sh. 2/. pd 04 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1001. 014121/. 5; 3,009 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. pd 40 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 2; pd f'l 60,000 Eastern Counties 251. oh. 7;: pd oi Grand Junction 1001. sh. 95/. p 1 181 Great North of England l3l. pd 9i 5,1130 Great Western lOOl. sh. 65/. pd 83 2,0.10 Hartlepool 100/. oh. 1001 pd 100 8,000 Hull and 'elby 501. sh. 15!. pit 9 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 14 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. (5 1,500 1/.55. Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 75; 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lol3.Bh. 100/.0 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 6! 36100 .... ..... London and Brighton BO/. sh. 111. pd o 12,000 London and Blackwall 501. sh 3/ pd 71 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich "0/. Ms. 201. pd 161 25,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 901. pd 173 4 Ditto Quarter Shares 51. pd 29; 20,r00 London and Southampton 'V. sh. 501. pd 43. Ditto ditto New l O l. pd 20 * 11,000 London and Croydon Trunk 201. sh. 201. pd 16; 6,000 Ditto New Scrip 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 5/. pd (4 13,000 Manchester and Leeds 100/. sh. 30/. pd 47 -- 10,000 .... Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. Si. pd 5 2,500 Preston and Wyre 50!. sh. 301. pd ag 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 7!. pd 4 1 1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 240 * 9,000 ... ...... Thames Haven 501. sh 2/. 10s. pd (15 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 21. pd 01 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121. pd 10 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 3j/. pd In 4,000 IL ss. Alien 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 12 111,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 100/. sh. all pd 31 Ditto Subscription .95/. pa 4 2,000 1 , 1. Boldnos l5Ol. sh all pd id 10,000 IL lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm .35/. sh. 90/. pd 22 6,0 , 0 Macau) as SC Cocaes United 251. sli. '2 , 1. pd 11 11,1100 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 11/.lpd 6 10,0110 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 201. pd 5 10,00 ......... Ditto Scrip... 10/. sh. 10/. pd 3 20,001 British Iron 5O/. sh. 50/ pd 104 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 41/. n• .1 'k Cata Branca 64/. IMI 81 Candonga 7t/. p u 61 10,000 I/ Copiapo 2Ol. sh 121/ pd 11 -8,500 8,500 .. Columliian, in. Si. pm. 2,850 3/. English 121 Its. pd 1s; 20,000 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. ItiL pd g 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 551/. pid 5 3,000 Polberou Consols . lO/ sh 8/. pd 41 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l2 Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 160 10,000 United . sc Mexican, ipr iss. 2 pm..... 40 1. sh. all pd :.I D Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd West Cork 'oil. sh. 50/. pd 3nt 8 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 201 1,500 London University IVO/. sh. all pd 231 700 Russell 05gs sh 71! King' College 1001. pd 20 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian A gr i cu lt ura l .. ..loo/ . s h . 2(1/. pd 4:? 6,000 41. per cent. B r iti s h A merican Land Company 2:Il. P l 4 1.- , 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Comp any 1001. s h . 28 / . p d 30 3 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Cana,!4 Loan 99 City Bonds, 4 per cent ll.O, 20,000 1/. 6s. General Steam Navigation -.151. sh. 131. pd 2l 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 .IL London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19 8,000 Caoutchouc Company 251. sh, 12/. pd 9 590,000/ National Loan Fui,d `/."55. pd. 21 New Brunswick Land Compaiy 50/.lpd 2,754 Si. per cent. Reversionary InterestSoc...loo/. sh. 100/. pd 1311 2,033 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. 3h. 70/. pd 95 4,000 10,000 Os. Van Die.ner.'s Land 1001. sh. 17/. pd 11 j, LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. JULY 2, 1838. BANKS. 1,500,0098. (l. p. ct. Bar -of Scotland 83/. Ss Rd. sh. all pd 1931. 2,000. 0 Xl. 54 p. ct. Rc ' .:of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 114/, 500.0 f 1. sp. ct. Br.tish Linen Company I ON. sh. 411 pd 240! 3 .000,00 e/. CZ. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd ISO/. 5.,m,n00.. n,, et Notional lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 161/. 2,001.,0001. Cl. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 83/, 4,000,0t0/. 4p. ct. Western 01 Scotland 2001. sh 30/. pd 56/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 251..0005h 64p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/, pd 27s - ,500 l p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 101. pd 131 15s 11)0,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 81 13s. 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 18/. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 19/0, mon ti p. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 14/103 100,000 3} p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 71 es MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 ... ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...501. s h. all pd 221. Ditto Alloca*ed ON. sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 381. Carron Iron Company 2%1. sh. all pd 44/, 0,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founuery... ..... .50/. oh 31/. pd su. " io,( *) 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith G1a55....201. sh. 16!. pd St 4,5;10 10 per CPr , t. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd fill 4,450 10 pf!'" cent. Glasgow Gas ' , 51. sh. all pd Iv 75 1 74 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 2 0 /. sh. all pd 43/ 1,:2l 0 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rai'avay. . .50/. sh 364 3.000 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Company '.51.111. W. pd 104. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1838. ASSIZE 11)1TELLIGI - _ , NCE. • • • OXFORD CIRCUIT, JULY 21. DOE DEM. DAVIES V. OATACRE AND OTHERS. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff, a Captain Davies, who has been the greater part of his life in service abroad, to recover ar: estate at Soughton, in this county ; defendants being Colonel Gatacre and Mr. Wynne Exton and his wife, the daughter of Robert Lloyd, of Spring field, Esq. It appeared that both parties claimed, under a settlement made by a Mr. David Evans, in 1721, under which one John Phillips, who died in 1781, was tenant for life, with re mainder in tail to his lawful heir male. John Phillips married one Mary Encss in the parish Church of Llansillan, in the year 1759, and in the year 1760 Joseph Phillips, issue of that mar riage, was born. Previously to that marriage Jahn Phillips and his wife had three children, the eldest of whom, Phillip Phillips, was born in 1750, and it was alleged that an earlier marriage had taken place in 1747, at the Fleet, between the said John Phillips and Mary Eness. The plaintiff alleged that Joseph was the only legitimate son ; the defendants de nying this, and relying on the Fleet marriage, maintain the legitimacy of Phillip. Verdict for the plaintiff, with liberty for the defendants to move for a nonsuit on a point of law. MIDLAND CIRCIIIT.—LixcoLN, JULY 24. The Commission for this coucty was opened on Saturday. QUILTEr. V. NEWCONIR. This was an action against the proprietor of the Lincoln and Stanford Mercury for a libel. Mr. Qui'ter, the plaintiff, conducted his case in person. From his own statement it would appear that he is an attor ney, and has resided in Lincoln for the last eighteen years ; he had been its difficulties, but at last by integrity, and honest industry, had succeeded in getting his head above water, and he is now clerk to the mag,is . r,tes. The libel of which he complained was a paragraph commenting upon the discharge of certain prisorn•rs taken up as being disorderly, &c., during the Lincoln Fair in April last, it being hinted he was the cause of such discharge by the advice he gave the magistrates, for which he was, in the matter charged as libellous, called a noodle. The matter charged in the pleadings as libellous hav ing been put in and proved, Mr. HILL addressed the jury for the defence. There had been no intention on the part of his (Mr. Hill's) client to cast a stigma upon the plaintiff, but as a public officer his actstsere open to animadversion. It was the lot of all public men, whe ther they happened to be Ministers of State or clerks to the magistrates. The Learned Judge having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages—One farthing. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-DURII.I3I, JULY 23. The Assizes for this county commenced here this morning at ten o'clock. The calendar is light, ther,t , being but fourteen persons for trial, the majority' charged with petty thefts. There is one case of manslaughter, and one of child murder. Twenty-two cases are entered for trial on the civil s id e . Robot Forbester, aged 20 years, and of very youthful ap pearance, was indicted for the manslaughter of John Brown, at Ryton, on the 22a of May last --Guilty. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. TUESDAY. These sessions commenced this morning before Mr. WALESLEY (who presided in the absence of Mr. Sergeant Adams) and a full Bench of Migistrats. The calendar is a very light one, there being only twenty-four prisoners for trial. Alice Trigg, a notorious begging letter imp ostor, was in dicted for fraudulently obtaining one sovereign from ElizTheth Chaloner, under false pretences. The Chairman having summed up the evidence the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The Constable liorsford stated that the prisoner was a very old offender, and the Chairman sentenced her to be trans ported beyond the seas for seven years. Several other cases of no public interest were disposed of during the day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A Polish Jew, named Josrph Alexander, was brought be fore the LORD MAYOR, charged by a German Jew, named Abraham Frond, who has lately become a convert to Christia nity, with having used desperate threats. The prosecutor stated that some time ago the prisoner having robbed him of a watch, w a s t r i e d at Horsemonger lane Sessions, and convicted and 'sentenced to six months im prisonment. As soon as the prisoner was discharged from prison he sent word to witness, that if he (witness) ever came to London he would be properly served out either as to his life or his property. When witness came to town the prisoner soon showed how well disposrd he was to keep his word, and endeavoured to prevail upon the witness's vervant to run away with his master's goods, assuring him at the same time that care should be taken to put Mr. Freud effectually out of the way. There were, witness declared, several Jews engaged in a conspiracy against him, because he had excited their animo sity by turning to the true religion. 'The Lotto Mara—Then you believe in and subscribe to the doctrines of Christianity. The Prosecutor—Most certainly I do, and I know that I am followed with the most active hatred by the unconverted on that account. _ The Prisoner—You Lre a pretty convert indeed ! Why, my Lord, he has been converted one hundred times, at the rate of thirty shillings a time. The prisoner was ordered to find bail. The prosecutor was then charged by a scholmaster named Simon Solomon Zampelberg, who stated that Frend had some time ago, in Scotland, obtained goods from bins upon promise to pay or to return them next day, neither of which he per. formed. Frend said that the charge sprung from the hatred felt by the Jews towards him in consequence of the radical change in his religious feelings and professions. Pamplett, the officer, had some doubt of the entire conver sion of Freud, as that person, to a certain extent, admitted that he had had dealings of the kind with the complainant, having stated in witness's hearing that if the complainant accompanied him home he would settle the business and be his friend. The LORD MAYOR did not think himself justified in taking notice of the charge as a Magistrate. NIARYLEBONE. On Monday Jonathan Hodge, a youth of about nineteen years of age, was brought before Mr. RAwuNsox for re-exa mination, on a charge of robbing his employers, Messrs. Lindsey and Grant, extensive silk mercers and hosiers, No. 48, Great Titehfield-street. of property to the amount of 1501., and John Wilson, a man of fashionable exterior, was charged with receiving the same, knowing it to he stolen. The pri soner was remanded till yesterday, and Wilson being in the meantime captured, both prisoners were at one o'clock placed at the bar. After evidence had been heard, Mr. RAwt.tssoN committed Hodge (who said nothing) to Newgate for trial, remarking that there was a strong suspicion against Wilson, but not suf ficient to commit him. He was, therefore, ordered to find bail, himself in 801., and two sureties in 40/. each, for his appearance at the Sessions. Subsequently he was ordered to brought up again on Wednesday, and on the depositions against Hodge being read over, eventually committed to Newgate on the charge of receiving goods, knowing them to be stolen. HATTO.N-GARDEN. Sarah Neville, Mary Jones (a woman of colour), Eliza beth Chapman, and Henry Austin, were finally examined, charged by Lucy Jackson, a country girl, with having been concerned in robbing her of a box containing a quantity of wearing apparel, and 21. 14s. 6d. The prisoner s d en i e d th e c h arge , but they were fully com mitted for trial. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.—A correspondent , who furnishes us with some biographical details of the late Isaac Goad and Elijah Salthouse, members of the Society or Friends, of Ulverston, in which he does full justice to their philanthropy and blameless life, states the singular fact that Mr. Salthouse, with a single exception, has left no male member of the society at Ulverston, and but six resident females. This is somewhat remarkable, when it is recollected, that here the first Quaker's meeting-house was erected by George Fox, at Swarthmoor, where to this day the Friends meat for worship. Near the meeting-house is Swarthmoor Hall, where George Fox resided up wards of two years after he had married Judge Fell's widow. The chair that Francis Withers gave to the Rev. founder of the sect, and the ebony bed-posts which he names in this journal, are still at the Friends' meetinghouse, at Swarthmoor. His folio Bible, with the chain,- Wed to be kept by the late Mr. Salthouse. Judging from present appearances, in a few years not one of the Society will r ema i n t h ere to point to the stranger the resting place of their fathe rs. —L ancaster Guardian. NEWSPAPER BLUNDERS.—The blunders of the Newspapers are sometimes amusing. A Mrs. Otway advertises a school for tuition in fashionable dancing, adding that there is no entrance. An auctioneer's placard announces a splendid nobleman's mansion to be dis posed of unfurnished with every convenience. The advertisement of a suburb theatre announces to gentlemen and ladies that a consort will be given every evening during the license. A wooden dog-kennel appears on a wall in Lambeth, with chalked upon it, " Enquire within." A coffin-maker in one of the leading streets of London, happening to have apartments to let, has pasted his bills upon the coffins in his window, announcing " Lodgings for Single Gentlemen." If brevity is the soul of wit, what are we to think of the art of a correspondence in which the two letters contained but two figures? The first letter contained but a note of interrogation, implying, Is th ere an y news ? The answer contained but a cypher, None. This was clever; but a cleverer contrivance still was that of the grocer who painted on his window two large T's, one coloured Mack, and the other green. This saved the trouble of telling the world at length, that he sold capital tea of both kinds, black and green. An advertisement, offering a reward for some:family documents, and mentioning at the end that it was not to be repeated, an old woman, sirs, thcaat must ught be a g b yt conclusion,he rea te s cre. , should conceive s olid What, l not to be repeated — e h, rhe fc Johneivet followinghTehoma Thomas, w how advertisementas supposed to h ratherdifficulte died a to t b Tortolae an in d n year 1829, should meet t his notice, by calling on Mr . Vincent, solicitor, in the Minories, he will hear of something to his advantage." A dreadful accident happened on Tuesday, between six ar•.d seven o'clock, to a boy eight years old, named John Williams, residing at 13, Duke-street, NVestminster..road. While he was crossing the New St. George's-road, with an infant in his arms, he was run over by the Brighton Branch coach ; the wheels passed over his chest and he was killed instantly. The coach was heavily laden with passengers. He was taken to Mr. Foster, a surgeon, in Mount-street, and from thence to Mr. Humphrey's, the Hercules public-house, to await the Coroner's Inquest. The infant which the unfortunate boy had in his arms escaped unhurt. WomEN.—Women make their advances as time makes his. At twenty, when the swain approaches to pay his devoirs, they exclaim with a languid indifl'ennce, " Who is he!" At thirty, with a prudent look to the ways and mrans, the question is—" What is he!" At forty, much anxiety manifests itself to make the hymeneal selection, and the query changes itself into—" Which is he!" But at the ultima thule of fifty, the anxious expectant prepares to seize upon any prey, and exclaims—" Where is he :"..Glasgow Courier. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. • HOUSE OF LORDS, Jr!Ll' 25. The Earl of SHAFTESISTTRY took his seatlon the Woolsack shortly before Five o'Clock. • AGLIONRY, and other Hon. Members, brought up the Recovery of Tenements Bill, which was read a first time. Mr. F. MAULE and others brought up the Administration of Justice (New South Wales) Bill, which was also read a first time. The Registration of Parliamentary Electors Bill was brought up from the Commons, and read a first time, as were the Arms and Gunpowder (Ireland) Bill, the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill, the Turnpike Acts (Ireland) Continuance Bill, and the Constables on Public Works Bill. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL. Mr. Fox MAuLE and other Members brought up this Bill, with amendments, from the Commons. A message was communicated from the Commons, praying their Lordships to transmit any depositions taken in India en the Lethbridge's Divorce Bill, which was agreed to. IRISH POOR•LAW BILL—CONFERENCE. Lord J. RUSSELL, attended by the Attorney and Solicitor- Generals, Mr. Lynch, and other Members, brought up a mes sage from the House of Commons, desiring a Conference with their Lordships on the subject of the amendments made by their Lordships on the Irish Poor-law Bill.— Agreed to. In about a quarter of an hour, The USHER of the BLACK Ron announced that the Corn. mons were ready for their Lordships. The following Peers then proceeded to the Conference on the part of their Lordships : Duke of Richmond, Earl Radnor, Earl Chichester, Earl Camperdown, Baron Lovelace, Baron Barham, and Baron Wharncliffe. On the return of their Lordships, The Duke of RICHMOND announced that the Managers of the Conference for the Commons, Lord J. Russell and others, had communicated that the Commons disagreed to an amend ment of their Lordships as unnecessary. The amendment was ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow. Lord BARHAM presented petitions from several places in the county of Rutland, against the encouragement of idolatry in India. Their Lordships adjourned about Half-past Five o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Juir 25. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. The Lords' amendments to the Sudbury Town Lands Bit, were agreed to. On the motion of Mr. PR AE D, Lethbridge's Divorce Bil, was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The Lords' amendments to the Edinburgh and Leith Agreement Bill were agreed to. Mr. PHILPOTTS presented a petition from Gloucester, praying for the abolition of idolatrous worship in India. Mr. VIVIAN presented petitions from Truro in favour of the Church in Canada, and agaitist any further grant to the College of Maynooth. Colonel SIBTHORP presented a *petition from Lincoln against the continuance of idolatrous worship in India. Mr. FORESTER presented petitions from the Distillers and Dealers in Spirits of Wenlock, complaining of the griev ances affecting their trade. Mr. G ALLY KNIGHT presented petitions from Mac clesfield and Nottingham against the Sale of Beer Act. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Distillers of Kilkenny, agzinst the present law of licenses, and praying an alteration in that law. Mr. WALLA CE presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Greenock, in favour of the Trading Com panies' Bill. Mr. P. THOMSON presented a petition from Radnor mac, praying fcr no alteration in the Beer Bill. Colonel S IBT II 0 R P begged to inquire of the Noble Lord, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the ab sence of the Right Hon. Bart. the President of the Board of Control, whether it was the intention of the Government to take any steps for putting an end to the system under which the British soldiers and officers were compelled to attend and join in the idolatrous worship of India? Mr. HUME, before that question was answered, would ask the Noble Lord—was any person in that House to state in what cases any British officer was compelled to join in idola. trous worship ? He had been in the army in India many years, and he had never known an instance in which a British officer was compelled to do so. Lord J. RUSSELL said that all he could state was, that it had been under the consideration of the Government, and his lion. Friend the President of the Board of Control had given such directions as he thought necessary on the subject. If the Hon. and Gallant Member wished for further informa tion, he must ask it of his Hon. Friend. Colonel SIBTHORP—I sin quite satisfied. The answer of the Noble Lord is very frank arid very candid. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was read a third time and passed. The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Ireland) Bill was also read a third time and passed. The Arms and Gunpowder (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Administration of Justice (New South Wales) Bill was read a third time and passed, as was the Constables on Public Works Bill. The report on the Gibraltar Lighthouse Bill was brought up and received. The Entails (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. Mr. LUCAS inquired what course was intended to be taken with respect to the Report of the Railway Commission in Ireland. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood to say that the Report would be attended with a very considerable expense, and that it could not be circulated very extensively. Mr. WALLACE said that it was of immense importance to the country that this information should be generally dif fused, and he believed the expense, whatever it might be, would be well laid out if the country received the benefit of it. He hoped the Noble Lord would take the matter into consi deration. Mr. HUME inquired when the accounts of the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster would be laid before the House ? On the first week of the session they were promised. He also wished to ask when the detailed account of the Coronation expenses would be ready? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that with respect to the Coronation expenses, he was not aware of the usual practice with respect to the details. As to the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster, the Hon, Member was aware that the accounts had never before been laid on the table, and that some delay must necessarily take place. Mr. HUME said he had a notice on the book for these re turns, and at the request of the Chancellor of the Exchequer withdrew it, on his pledging himself that the accounts should be laid before the House. Lord J. RUSSELL postponed the Ecclesiastical Expenses Bill till to-morrow. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The NOBLE I.,;;;;; then moved the Order of the Day for the House going into Committee of Supply. As his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer could not be present that evening, he would merely move it for the purpose of ena bling the Hon. and Gallant Member (Sir E. Codrington) to bring forward his motion. He should on Friday bring on the Committee of Supply again for the purpose of going through the votes. COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS. Mr. HUNTE begged to ask the Secretary of the Colonies whether, in the appointment of Mr. Edward Hay to the treasu rership of Trinidad, the precaution had been taken of having two securities. Two of the former treasurers had been deficient, and the amount had never been recovered by the country. He wished also to know whether there would be any objection to the publication, in some official form, of the appointments made in the Colonies ? Some of the persons sent out, if their names had been publicly known, would certainly never have had their appointments confirmed. He thought it would be expedient to have the names of these persons published in the Gazette. Sir G. GREY said in the case of Mr. Hay the proper pre caution of requiring securities had been taken, and his name had been announced in the Gazette. All the Colonial ap pointments were so announced within the last year, although there were some minor ones which could not be included, NAVAL OFFICERS. Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON then rose for the pur pose of calling the attention of the House to the injustice done to the Officers of the Navy compared with those of the other branches of the public service. He was aware that thiQ was a subject that bad hitherto not been listened to by the House very favourably, and he hoped the time was not far distant when it would be attentively considered. He would call the attention of the House to the Naval as compared with the Civil Department. A good deal had been said upon the discussion of the Pension List about the taking away of pensions that had been hardly earned • those observa tions ought to be applied to the naval profession. There was not any department of the service of the country in which persons were required to perform more duties than in the Navy.—( Hear.) Now in order to show the injustice done to the Navy, he would state that an Admiral's half-pay was 3761. 10s. ; his widow's pension, if in distress, wa s 1201. ayear--while in many instances he could menti on i n the civil service, persons retired with a pension of 1,0001. a year. He found that a Deputy Judge-Advocate, who had refired, did so upon an allowance of 9001. a-year ; whereas a Vice- Admiral had only 5931., and a full Admiral 7661. Now he did not say that these gentlemen were too well paid; but if they were not, then the others, the veterans in the service, had too little. Again, an officer was obliged to pay all his life to what was called a Widows' Fund ; yet when he died, the widow, according to Admiralty law, had no claim whatever upon the fund unless she was in distress, and had a less income than 2001. ; and even that allowance was taken away upon a second marriage, which order had led to much immorality. He found another instance of a First Clerk to the Secretary of the Customs retired on an allowance of 5501., while a Captain in the Navy retired after a service of 28 years with an allowance of only 2641. 12s. 6d. Why he demanded should these things be? It was gross injustice and ought to be corrected, for sooner or later, if continued, it would lead to most dangerous and disastrous results. There was a gentleman who had served as clerk in the Admiralty, and afterwards as Secretary to the Victualling Office—he received, on retiring, 667/. ; while an Admiral, on his re tiring, received only 7661., and a Vice-Admiral only 5931. He could not understand why it was that the officers of the navy, who had to go through so many difficulties and priva tions, and who if they were wounded received no compensa tion, should be placed on a lower footing than any other class of persons. He remembered a speech of Lord Castlereagh, in which the Noble Lord said the Admiralty had no right to interfere with the pay, which was allotted for a particular purpose. Lord J. RUSSELL here brought up the Report of the Select Committee appointed to consider the Lords' Amend ments to the Irish Poor Law Bill, and moved that a Conference take place with their Lordships, ts hiel) was agreed to Sir EDWARD COD RINGTON resumed—The masters in the dock-yards were also very unpleasantly circumstanced_ there was a great unwillingness to making acting masters full masters, as they immediately went into other service rather than remain in the navy. What inducement did the House think was given to those men with a pay of St. a day to go to sea, where they might be for years on a foreign station, and whose outfit would cost them from lOU to 1501? Why, the total amount of the increase was three pence per day. He had already mentioned the case of the acting masters suf ficiently for his purpose. It was clear that surgeons in the navy were not placed upon so good a footing as the surgeons in the army. A surgeon in the army had more half-pay after twenty-five years' service than a surgeon in the navy after twenty-nine or thirty years' service. Since the year 1813, no less than 100 surgeons in the army had been promoted to a higher rank, while only one surgeon in the navy had been promoted. How was this occasioned? Why by the general injustice that was done to the navy. The Hon. and Gallant Admiral was here interrupted by Lord John Russell appearing at the B.a-, and stating that the House of Lords had agreed to a Conference on the Amend ments to the Irish Poor-law Bill. The Noble Lord then left the House followed by several Members.] After an absence of half an hour, Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the other Managers of the Confe rence returned, and reported that they had left the reasons for disagreeing with their Lordships' amendments, with the Lords appointed to manage the Conference. Admiral COD R IN GTO N was then called upon to resume. He said he was sorry at the interruptions he had met with, as it made it appear as if he had detained the House too long. He then had to come to the case of the pursers to which he was al luding when interrupted. In the case of the pursers, th e l a t e alterations had put them in a worse situation than they vier, in before. He remembered it was the practice to give something handsome to secretaries; but now men who had been secretaries—fully as important a situation as the Secretary of the Admiralty, entrusted with most important documents, and serving with great credit to themselves—were obliged to retire on three shillings a day. He contended that that was most discreditable to the Government.--( Hear. ) The Gallant Member went on to quote a declaration of Lord Howick, as to the injustice of punishing officers for alleged misconduct, which was only proved on hearsay, and after an interval of ten or fifteen years. The officer whose case he ( Sir Edward Codrington) had now before the House had been accused after a period of eleven years had elapsed. [ Sir Edward then proceeded to read a passage from Lord Stanley's speech on the Pension List, containing an elo quent appeal on behalf of veteran officers, or the widows and orphans of gallant men, and expressed a hope that the Noble Lord would transfer his sympathies from these pensioners to the deserving Officers of the Navy.] He moved that a Select Committee be appointed to take into consideration the case of the Naval Officers as compared with the other branches of the public service. . . Mr. WOOD said he would not accuse the Gallant Admiral of intentional misstatement, but he certainly had with great ingenuity misrepresentedthe case. The Heuse would remember that early in the session a Commission was appointed to take into consideration the pay, emoluments, and rewards of the navy, army, and other branches of the public service. Sir H. II al RD ING E expressed his dissent. Mr WOOD conceived that Enquiry to have embraced the pay and rewards. It had been stated that although in former times thirty sail of the line could be sent to sea, it was now impossible to send five. So far from that being the case, there were now twenty sail of the Line at sea, and the navy was never in a better condition, so far as preparation went. With respect to the statements relative to the Navy Lieute nants, be would assert that he had very much misunder stood the facts of the case. A certain number of Lieu. tenants had petitioned for increased rank without increased pay, and when the Nava Board acceded to their prayer, the Hon. and Gallant Member complained of the hardship of their case, when it had been done at their own wish. With respect to the case of Booth it appeared to him that the Honourable and Gallant Member must have good reason to know that the case was not as he had stated it. The man was most dis tinctly convicted of having presented a forged document. The Gallant Officer had said to-day that though he would not employ that Officer again, he would not deprive him of his half-pay. In an assembly of gentlemen it was superfluous to insist upon the necessity of preserving the character of the service perfectly untarnished. If any officer on full pay and in service committed an offence he was liable to be tried by Courtmartial, and if found to have acted in a manner unbe coming an officer and a gentleman, be was dismissed the ser vice. With respect to officers on half pay, the Admiralty had the power of causing inquiry to be made, and if the officer was found to have acted improperly he was struck off the list. With respect to applications made to the Admiralty by par ties to whom money was due from officers, to assist them in recovering the same, the Admiralty, unless in cases where there was an appearance of fraud or injustice, never interfered, thinking it better to leave such matters to the ordinary civil tribunals. All the Admirally felt bound to do, was to furnish the correct address of the parties, and generally to forward any communication on the subject to its proper destination. In conclusion, he felt bound to oppose the motion, on the public grounds he had stated. Captain I'ECHE LL expressed his regret and disappoint ment at the mode in which his Hon. Friend, the Gallant Ad miral had been answered. Why was not his statement answered by some of the Lords of the Admiralty ?—( Hear.) In the Tory times thin was not the case, for whenever a case affecting the department was brought forward, Sir J. Cockburn, or some other Lord of the Admiralty, got up in his place to reply, and the matter was not left, as on the present occasion, in the hands of the Secretary to the Admiralty. The Hon. and Gal lant Officer proceeded to mention several cases which he con sidered to have involved great hardship to the officers of the naval service. He contended that there was great unfairness in the partiality shown to the army, whilst the naval service was comparatively neglected.--( Hear, hear.) If a naval officer lost all he possessed by the accident of shot or shell, he received not one farthing of compensation, whilst a mili tary officer was compensated for any loss he ;might suffer whilst on board a transport. He also alluded to the late dis tributions of the Honours of the Bath. He saw in the papers whole columns of the names of the officers of the army and of the East India Company on whom those honours were con ferred, whilst the distinctions conferred on the members of the naval service were comprised in half-a-dozen lines. He did not complain of any impropriety in conferring those distinctions on the parties who had received them. What he objected to was that the naval service was not more considered in refer ence to what it deserved. He would next allude to the hard manner in which mates and midshipmen were dealt with in re spect to promotion. There were at present three midshipmen in the service who were at least forty-one years of age ; thirty who were thirty-four years of age; and forty-two who were at least twenty-eight years of age. Now he thought it was hard that such individuals as these did not receive promotion. With respect to the naval service generally, his late Majesty showed every disposition to encourage it. He employed naval officers about his household, and sent them on foreign missions. He ( Captain Pechell) in conclusion, hoped that the motion of his Gallant Friend would receive from the House that attention to which it was so strongly entitled. Mr. HUME would not object to the removal of any officer whenever his conduct was found to merit it ; but many officers had been removed from the service without ever having been afforded the opportunity of being confronted with their accu sers or hearing the allegations against them. He contended that no person should be struck off the list until after ne had got a fair trial. But surely no one could pretend to say that the naval service was a service of merit. It was a service of influence, where none but the sons and connections of the aris tocracy had much chance of being promoted. Good men were sometimes rewarded with promotion, but this was seldom, and promotion was generally confined to the sons of the aristo cracy. He saw lately amongst the promotions the names of Troubridge and Elliot, mere boys, and these were put over the heads of men of merit who had served long and well. Lord Minto had no right to promote his own son to the preju dice of others ; and as to the son of the Gallant Officer below him ( Sir T. Trouhridge), what service could he have done to entitle him to this promotion ?—( Cries of " His father's ser vices," and of " Order, order," from some Gallant Officers on the Opposition Benches.) He concluded by supporting the motion, and trusted that though late in the Session the Com mittee would be granted. Sir E. CODRINGTON, in reference to the speech of the Secretary of the Admiralty, said that he had moved for re turns which would prove the correctness or incorrectness of his statements, and the Government had refused to grant them. Captain PECHELL said, with respect to what the Hon. Member for Kilkenny had said as to the promotion of the son of the Gallant Officer below him, that the name of Troubridge was a name dear to the naval service of Great Britain, arid even those who were themselves disappointed, as well at the service generally, would rejoice at the continuance in the service of one who bore that name.—( Hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said that though he was opposed to those who sat on the opposite side, yet he would feel that he had neglected his duty if he did not rise to express his strongest dissent from the opinions that had been expressed by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny.—( Hear, hear.) Much as he dif fe, ed from the Gallant Officer opposite, and much as he dis approved of his political course, yet he felt bound to say that when a son of that Gallant Officer had served the full time to entitle him to promotion, that anyone at the head of the Ad miralty would have failed in his duty if he had not taken the earliest occasion, in the promotion of the son, to mark the grateful recollection which the Government and the country entertained of the distinguished services of those who bore that name.—( Cheers.) That House or the country would never lose the grateful recollection of the immortal services of the distinguished father of the Gallant Officer opposite (Sir T. Troubridge). That Gallant Officer had distinguished himself by his brilliant services to his country, in whose ser vice be had lost his life.—( Hear, hear.) That Gallant Officer possessed the confidence of that great Commander with whom he served, and he proved that that confidence was not ill be stowed, for he proved himself worthy of that confidence, and ultimately lost his life in the service of his country.—( Hear, hear.) With respect to the Gallant Officer opposite, no one could have discharged his duty in a better manner, arid as be had a son in the service, it was the duty of the Admiralty to show the gratitude of the country by promoting him. With respect to Lord Minto, though differing from the Govern ment, he ( Sir J. Graham) did not hesitate to say that that Noble Lord would not have discharged his duty if he shrank from promoting the son because he sat at the same Board with the father.—( Cheers.) As to Lord Minto having promoted his own son, he thought he was perfectly justified in giving him the benefit of his station ; and if he had a son in the navy when he was Lord of the Admiralty he would have felt per fectly justified, supposing that he deserved it, in giving him 'he benefit of his station by promoting him The Right Hon. Bar net conelud, d by ,aying that ,ame been made resp: ctiog th.• at n . I his opinion it never xas in a better or mute efficient state. lie ,pposed the motion. Mr. WARBURTON said he did not rise for the purpose of making any objection to the promotion of the two officers whose names had been mentioned, but to enter his protest against the general principle of promotion laid down by his Right Hon. Friend opposite. If they looked back to the histories of Chatham and of Pitt they would find that the greatest glory of those great men was, thay looked abroad for meritorious objects for promotion instead of lavishing the p tranage of office upon their own families and connections. —( Hear, hear.) Sr T. TROUBRIDGE said it had been his intention to have attempted a reply to the remarks of the Gallant Admiral, but that he was totally incapacited by the attack just made on the promotion of his son.—( Hear.) It was painful to hint to be placed in a situation like the present, but be bad the consolation of hoping that the House and the country would not concur in the remarks of his Right Hon. Friend opposite. —(Cheers ) They were kindly, and, he hoped, sincerely ex pressed—(" Hear," from Sir James Graham)—and would, he felt confident, be universally responded to by his brother officers.—( Hear, hear.) He bad conversed with many of them, sonic of whom were disappointed themselves in their hopes of promotion, and he bad not heard from one of them word against the promotion of the grandson of two Admiral* who had served their country faithfully to the end of the war.—( Hear.) He hoped that the state of his feeling; woul d be sufficient apology for not entering more fully into the ques tion before the House —( Cheers.) Captain G 0 R DON said that the Hon. Member for Kii' kenny could not have made a more unfortunate selection of Is case of unfair promotion, as the name of Troubridge was is itself sufficient justification for the promotion of his grandson -( Cheers. ) Captain BO LDE RO disliked the way in which the Gal' lint Officer had brought forward li:s motion. He did net thinlG the navy required the interference of the House. Sir E. CODRINGTON disclaimed any wish to blame the prom , turn of the offices whose names had been mentioned: but he thought the son of Commodore Bathurst, who died at Navarino, should not have been overlooked.—( Hear.) Admiral ADAM said that he would commence his observa tions by replying to the charge of the Gallant Captain opPo' site. In the case of Lieutenant Gill, he could say that that officer had been offered a court martial, and had refused it, and the decision to which the Admiralty afterwards came was solely influenced by the facts of his case. Captain BOL DE RO—Yes ; but you refused him charges' Admiral A DAMS—I am speaking of facts. Captain BO LDE RO—So am I. _ _ Admiral ADAMS slid that the remarks of the Hon. Mow ber had been received in such a way by the House as to pre . " elude the necessity of f ur th er remar k. It was not th e WISP of Government that promotion should be unfairly given, bl it was thought necessary for the service that some young bloo should be infused into it, so that when officers were wantinc. for active duty th e y m i g ht no t b e want i ng .—( H ear , h ear .) I L was on these grounds promotion was given, and he defied the Hon. Member for Kilkenny to prove, if he bad twenty Cora' mittees, that wr o ng or un f a i r p romo ti on h a d t a k en pl ace . I.° be sure many meritorious officers bad been passed over, but it was impossible to satisfy the claims of all. His Gallant Friend had complained of the late distribution of the honour' of the Bath to officers in the navy ; for this he could only ill that a long time since the Noble Lord, the Member for No ' h Lancashire, came down with a Message from the Crown ° L ! the subject of th ose h onours , an d i t was b y t h at t h e pre sent Government had been guided. Sir H. HA RDINGE said it was always with reluctance b° took part in discussions like this present, as he did not like t ° hear of the army or navy making the House of Commons Court of Appeal.—( Hear, hear.) Perhaps there migt tbe ef' ceptions in which such a course w ou ld b e j ust ifi a bl e , but be had not heard anythine• from either of the Gallant Officers t° think that any such had been brought forward on the preset; occasion. That House was not the proper place for se c t discussions, but a Commission was now sitting, and the Galls ° Officers could lay their cases before that Commission, whe d r e ; he had no d ou bt, th e y wou ld rece i ve every attention. P,;( quite agr ee d w ith hi s Ri g h t H on . F r i end that the services " the fattier formed a valid reason for promoting the son. the Lord INGESTRE regrette d t h at h e h ad not been i n Houle during the a hole of the discussion, but he took this oF: poi tunly of expressing his surpise that the son of Con3 o° _, dore Bath urs t was not i nc l u d e d i n the late promot i on a•— d (Hear, hear.) H e was qu i te o f op i n i on t h at t h e Hon.'? , Commons was n o t th e fit p l ace f or di scuss i ng t h ese civi ll which, in hi s o pi n i on , s h ou ld b e l e f t ent i re l y un d er t he COy trout of the Crown. A Imiral ADAMS said that the son of Commodoreo Pa hurt happened not to be in the list of those who had is e o marked out for promotion, but he ( Admiral Adams) had p doubt that his claims would be attended to. The amendment was then negatived without a division , a ll o d i th . Order of the Day read for going into a Committee,., S .pply. The Committee was then postponed until Moe"' next. 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